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Ticino

Merlot accounts for nearly 80% of Ticino's 1,181 hectares under vine; introduced after phylloxera destroyed native varieties around 1900.

Canton
Ticino
Area
1 181 ha
Principal grapes
Merlot (~80%)
Villages
Mendrisio, Lugano

Source: swisswine.com

46.1944° N 9.0175° E · TicinoRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Nicola Manini, JoachimKohler-HB, Justyna Sieczka, Jean-Paul Wettstein, Loïc Privet · Wikimedia Commons + Pexels · CC BY-SA 4.0

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